Connecting Freebox Revolution to the distributor or communication box
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Hello,
With a Free technician, we connected my Freebox directly to the DSI box. Since then, I have maximum throughput and the television services via powerline work very well. The same goes for the WIFI.
Before, my box was connected via a wall socket in one of our rooms, and I had my PC connected directly to the box via Ethernet and the rest via WIFI or powerline.
Now, I would like to distribute internet to each RJ45 socket in the rooms of the house (which is new).
I connected the box directly to the splitter or via an Ethernet switch, but nothing works — no internet at the end of the line in the wall sockets of the house.
I think I must be doing something wrong: should I configure the box settings differently? Should I review the connection?
Yet, I went on some forums and followed the advice given.
Thank you for your help.
If you need clarification, feel free to ask your questions.
I am attaching some photos of my cabinet and the connections I have tried, hoping that this may help.
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With a Free technician, we connected my Freebox directly to the DSI box. Since then, I have maximum throughput and the television services via powerline work very well. The same goes for the WIFI.
Before, my box was connected via a wall socket in one of our rooms, and I had my PC connected directly to the box via Ethernet and the rest via WIFI or powerline.
Now, I would like to distribute internet to each RJ45 socket in the rooms of the house (which is new).
I connected the box directly to the splitter or via an Ethernet switch, but nothing works — no internet at the end of the line in the wall sockets of the house.
I think I must be doing something wrong: should I configure the box settings differently? Should I review the connection?
Yet, I went on some forums and followed the advice given.
Thank you for your help.
If you need clarification, feel free to ask your questions.
I am attaching some photos of my cabinet and the connections I have tried, hoping that this may help.
Configuration: Chrome OS / Chrome 68.0.3440.134
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Hello,
With your setup, you only have Ethernet in one room of the house, which corresponds to the second socket at the top.
You need some short Ethernet cables.
On the box, there are 4 RJ45 outputs: one on the black cable that should go to the CPL unit,
one to the switch, and the other 2 to the sockets at the top.
On the switch, there are 4 sockets left that go to the sockets at the top.
And the technician misadvised you. Normally, nothing should be connected to the DTI output; you should connect the box to the line output of the unit at the top right (telephone line splitter).
(There may only be 4 sockets in the house; it seems like there are no cables behind the 2 right sockets.)
Best regards
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Hello and thank you for this response.
Unfortunately, with the setup I've done, I have no Ethernet anywhere, especially not in the room corresponding to socket number 2. I don't know if it's visible in the photo, but the lights associated with the Ethernet sockets are not lighting up.
There are 6 sockets in total for 6 rooms in the house.
You are right, the box should not be directly connected to the DSI, but we tested it that way, and we had a bit more power. The ADSL filter above the DSI was slightly reducing the speed. But by making the "correct" connection, there is still no more Ethernet in the rooms of the house.
Best regards.
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First, you'll need to start from scratch, without the switch, to test a single connection.
If you have a laptop, that would be useful.
From the box, run a cable to the PC to check that it works. Then plug the cable, instead of the PC, into the upper socket 2 and place the PC in the room. If that doesn't work, test the other sockets downstairs with the other rooms (one of the wirings may be done incorrectly).
If this corresponds to what you've already tested, it's likely the wiring of the sockets. Initially at the panel, in the rooms, or both. It often happens that the wiring is only set up for the phone, with 2 wires connected out of the 8. Check this by dismantling a wall socket and verifying the connection of the sockets at the top of the panel. And try to ensure that the labeling of the rooms and sockets is correct (that socket 2 corresponds to the indicated room), by testing all the rooms when a socket downstairs is connected.
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Another remark, you moved the Freebox because the speed was poor in the bedroom? If it was due to the wiring, which was only used for the phone, it could also be bad for Ethernet. The quality of the wiring is more sensitive for Ethernet than for phone/ADSL.
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1) I connected the PC directly to the box and it works.
2) I connected the PC in each room and then tested each socket of the splitter to the box: 2 sockets work out of 6 (sockets 4 and 6 from the left in the photo)
3) I dismantled each socket to check if they were properly connected: everything looks normal, the 4 pairs of wires are connected each time and apparently in the correct order. For some sockets, I even reconnected them.
Why do sockets 4 and 6 work and not the others?
Knowing that socket 2 was the one my box was previously connected to. -
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Wiring the sockets is simple, but one small mistake, and it's a no-go: cable too stripped, cable frayed, aluminum shielding layer misaligned, ... see: https://reseau-vdi.fr/cablage-rj45/
There's also interference; you shouldn't run electrical cables (high voltage) and network cables (low voltage) together.
There are devices to test the continuity of the cable. But in the past, I had a basic method: a battery, a light bulb, two wires connected on one side, and on the other side the battery and the bulb to test if the current goes out and comes back.
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Hello,
I recommend checking your outlets with an RJ45 cable tester, it's easier than with a battery.
Test the two test cords beforehand to have a correct reference.
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and ... There you go!-
It is true that it is much more convenient. And this way we can test the correspondence of the positions (we have to run between the basement and the floors). The price is modest.
- Even quite inexpensive ;-)
It's true that it has the big advantage of checking without having to ask someone else.
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